TSGL: Embedded fonts in normal.dot

[Sanford House]

Do you know the name of the font as I have older copies of print artist and 
such, which may have the font. I know how he feels as I used to use an old 
English font for a few things and it is not on the later windows software 
that I use now.
Harley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Mitchell" <alan_mitchell at mindspring.com>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: TSGL: Embedded fonts in normal.dot


>I have a client who has become fixated on one particular font which he
> prefers to all others. The only problem I have is that the font he "must
> have" exists only as an embedded font in a normal.dot template that was
> originally in a Win 98 system (obviously long gone) and has been 
> promulgated
> into later systems. Unfortunately, the font file which was originally used
> many years ago can not be found on any system, the font with the same name
> (but slightly different appearance--which he says is not acceptable) IS
> available for purchase (about $500 in a package of fonts) but won't work
> 'cause it's "different".
>
> So far I've been able to simply copy the normal.dot file from the one 
> system
> that has the embedded font to the other administrative workstations, but
> each time one of the admin assistants tries to save a new normal.dot, it
> disappears, which makes him less than happy.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts about what to do with this? (I've found
> substitute fonts, but he doesn't like them as much as this one particular
> font).
>
> Before I go back to him and simply tell him he going to have to choose
> either to keep the font from the past (with the attendant inefficiencies 
> and
> problems) or choose a reasonable facsimile which he can use in the future, 
> I
> thought I'd tap into the group mind and see if someone might have a 
> solution
> to my dilemma.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan Mitchell
>
>
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